VOL. XXXIX

No. 34

20-May-1996

LEBANON

Hariri Outlines Lebanon's Reconstruction Program

The Lebanese Prime Minister, Mr. Rafiq al-Hariri, has proposed a five-year economic reconstruction program for Lebanon at a cost of $5bn. Details of the program were revealed last week in Brussels when Mr. Hariri visited the headquarters of the European Union (EU). The Prime Minister stressed that the EU will not be the only group called upon to bear the financial burden of the program but that the...